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British Airways adds new shorthaul routes for winter

03/08/2023 by Kevincm

It’s that time again, with new routes being announced by British Airways on its short-haul network. Time to dive in. 

British Airways Airbus A320 from Heathrow Tower - Image, Economy Class and Beyond

Operating from London Heathrow

Riga, Latvia will join the network, operating a three-times-weekly service from London Heathrow from 29 October 2023. Flights will operate on a mix of A320 and A321 aircraft, with return fares available from £73, or £1 + 23,500 Avios.

London Heathrow (LHR) to Riga, Latvia (RIX): Winter 2023

29 October 2023

BA888

Tue: 0755
Fri: 0730
Sun: 0755

Tue: 1150
Fri: 1125
Sun: 1150

BA889

Tue: 1235
Fri: 1210
Sun: 1235

Tue: 1430
Fri: 1405
Sun: 1425

Belgrade, Serbia will also gain a three-times weekly service from London Heathrow from 31 October 2023. Flights will operate on a mix of A320 and A321 aircraft, with return fares available from £105, or £1 + 23,500 Avios.

London Heathrow (LHR) to Belgrade, Serbia (BEG): Winter 2023

31 October 2023

BA880

Tue: 1420
Thu: 1210
Sun: 1410

Tue: 1905
Thu: 1655
Sun: 1855

BA881

Tue: 1950
Thu: 1800
Sun: 1940

Tue: 2040
Thu: 1850
Sun: 2030

Finally,  Cologne, Germany will gain an impressive  12-times weekly service from London Heathrow from 30 October 2023. Flights will operate on a mix of A320 and A321 aircraft, with return fares available from £92, or £1 + 18,500 Avios.

London Heathrow (LHR) to Cologne, Germany (CGN): Winter 2023

30 October 2023

BA996







BA998

Mon: 0815
Tue: 0840
Wed: 0825
Thu: 0815
Fri: 0905
Sat: 0905
Sun: 0825

Mon: 1620
Wed: 1620
Thu: 1620
Fri: 1620
Sun: 1600

Mon: 1045
Tue: 1110
Wed: 1055
Thu: 1045
Fri: 1135
Sat: 1135
Sun: 1055

Mon: 1850
Wed: 1850
Thu: 1850
Fri: 1850
Sun: 1830

BA997







BA999

Mon: 1225
Tue: 1200
Wed: 1150
Thu: 1155
Fri: 1225
Sat: 1230
Sun: 1145

Mon: 1950
Wed: 1950
Thu: 1945
Fri: 1950
Sun: 1925

Mon: 1300
Tue: 1235
Wed: 1225
Thu: 1230
Fri: 1300
Sat: 1305
Sun: 1220

Mon: 2025
Wed: 2025
Thu: 2020
Fri: 2025
Sun: 2000

Finally, a weekly winter flight from Heathrow to Turin, Italy (TRN) will also become available on Sundays from 10 December 2023. This will complement the current daily service from London Gatwick with BA Euroflyer, British Airways’ Gatwick-based subsidiary. Return fares are available from £120.

London Heathrow (LHR) to Turin, Italy (TRN): Winter 2023

10 December 2023

BA536

Sun: 0930

Sun: 1225

BA537

Sun: 1315

Sun: 1410

Operating from London City Airport 

BA Cityfliyer will be launching a weekly service from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to complement the existing flights from London Heathrow. The flight will operate on the Embraer 190 aircraft on Sundays from 5 November 2023, with fares from £112.

London City (LCY) to Milan Linate (LIN): Winter 2023

5 November 2023

BA7314

Sun: 1240

Sun: 1535

BA7315

Sun: 1615

Sun: 1710

Extended into the winter

Some summer-only routes are getting extensions for the winter. This includes

  • London City-San Sebastian, Spain (EAS) – operating Thursdays and Sundays 
  • London Heathrow –  Ljubljana, Slovenia (LJU) ) –  four times per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
  • London Heathrow – Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport (SAW) – Four times a week 

In Quotes 

Neil Chernoff, British Airways’ Director of Network and Alliances, said:

“We are excited to be adding European cities Riga, Belgrade and Cologne to our route network. These are destinations that we think our customers will love, offering an alternative to some of the more well-known cities we fly to. We also know that Italy in particular is a firm favourite with our customers, so we look forward to adding more capacity with flights to Milan and Turin, alongside more choice across Europe generally.”

Service offering

As these are normal British Airways flights, they will offer a two-class service, with Club Europe (Business Class) and Eurotraveller (Economy Class).

Club Europe fares include including pre-flight lounge access where available, a full meal service with drinks from the bar, priority boarding and additional baggage allowance, whilst EuroTraveller is the usual seat, bottle of water and options to pre-purchase/purchase onboard.


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Comments

  1. Sam says

    03/08/2023 at 10:01 am

    The lack of slack time in some of these schedules is appalling IMHO. 45 minutes to deplane, service, and board an A321 is not possible, and I have to imagine the inbound will always be delayed. I do not think I have ever left LHR on time on a BA long, medium, or short haul flight.

    • Kevincm says

      03/08/2023 at 10:02 am

      If I’m blunt, British Airways on-time performance is awful. I struggle to think of a flight I’ve taken with them recently that’s been on time….

      They do like to make life hard for themselves

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